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December Updates from the Mongan Institute
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Celebrating a Decade of the Annual Report on Equity in Health Care QualityHosted by the Edward P. Lawrence Center for Quality & Safety, The Disparities Solutions Center, & MGH Equity & Inclusion
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Thursday, December 19
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Simches Research Center, Room 3.110
185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
Light appetizers will be served.
This year, Mass General produced the 10th edition of the Annual Report on Equity in Health Care Quality. The report identifies disparities in care and reports on the progress of initiatives to eliminate disparities at Mass General. Please join us in celebrating a decade of this work and learning about Mass General's ongoing efforts to ensure equitable care for all patients. Dr. Mort, Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety, and Dr. Betancourt, Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, will present and discuss findings from the 10th edition of the report with a panel of collaborators.
The first of its kind in the nation, this report established Mass General as a national leader in monitoring and addressing disparities and promoting high quality care for all patients, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, and language. This work was integral to Mass General being awarded the American Hospital Association’s inaugural Equity of Care Award in 2014. The report is available for download here.
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MGH Health Policy Rounds with Timothy Ferris, MD, MPH
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Monday, January 13, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thier 101
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lunch will be served.
The Mongan Institute Health Policy Research Center presents MGH Health Policy Rounds with Timothy G. Ferris, MD, MPH, who will give a presentation titled "Can We Decrease Administrative Costs in Healthcare?" Dr. Ferris is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization.
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2020 Haddad Lecture with Dr. Joshua Sharfstein: "Mission Impossible? Asking Healthcare to Improve the Health of the Population"
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| Thursday, February 6, 2020
8:00 am - 9:00 am
O'Keeffe Auditorium
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Mongan Institute is pleased to announce that Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, will be presenting the annual Haddad Lecture at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 8–9am in the MGH O’Keeffe Auditorium. Named in honor of Ernest M. Haddad, who served for 21 years as general counsel at the MGH and Partners HealthCare, the annual lecture features speakers who are experts on topics related to ethics, health policy, the health care environment, and health care delivery.
Dr. Sharfstein is the Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Previously, Dr. Sharfstein served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Commissioner of Health for Baltimore City, and Congressional staff for Congressman Henry A. Waxman. He is the author of Public Health Crisis Survival Guide: Leadership and Management in Trying Times (2018) and the co-author of The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know (2019).
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Recent Publications
Below are a few publications recently published by Mongan Institute investigators. Please find a more comprehensive list of publications from the past 3 months on our website. - Perceptions of medical status and treatment goal among older adults with advanced cancer
Thompson LL, Temel B, Fuh C, Server C, Kay P, Landay S, Lage DE, Traeger L, Scott E, Jackson VA, Greer JA, El-Jawahri A, Temel JS, Nipp RD. Perceptions of medical status and treatment goal among older adults with advanced cancer. Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 2019 Dec 6. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.11.005.
- Food Insecurity Is Associated with Behavioral Health Diagnosis Among Older Primary Care Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Jih J, Nguyen TT, Jin C, Seligman H, Boscardin WJ, Ritchie CS. Food Insecurity Is Associated with Behavioral Health Diagnosis Among Older Primary Care Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019 Dec 5;1-4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05569-4.
- Beyond Insurance – Race-based Disparities in the Use of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for the Management of Severe Pediatric Obesity
Perez NP, Westfal ML, Stapleton SM, Stanford FC, Griggs CL, Pratt JS, Chang DC, Kelleher CM. Beyond Insurance – Race-based Disparities in the Use of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for the Management of Severe Pediatric Obesity. Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease. 2019 Dec 4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.11.020.
- The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease
Wallace ZS, Naden RP, Chari S, Choi H, Della-Torre E, Dicaire JF, Hart PA, Inoue D, Kawano M, Khosroshahi A, Kubota K, Lanzillotta M, Okazaki K, Perugino CA, Sharma A, Saeki T, Sekiguchi H, Schleinitz N, Stone JR, Takahashi N, Umehara H, Webster G, Zen Y, Stone JH. The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2019 Dec 2. doi: 10.1002/art.41120. [Epub ahead of print]
- Using Social Networks to Understand and Overcome Implementation Barriers in the Global HIV Response
Harling G, Tsai AC. Using Social Networks to Understand and Overcome Implementation Barriers in the Global HIV Response. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Dec;82 Suppl 3:S244-S252. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002203.
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Job Opportunities
Below are a few job opportunities at the Mongan Institute and its centers and partners. For more details or to apply to any of the opportunities listed below, please click here and search the ID# listed. Please find a complete list of opportunities on our website.
- Executive Staff Assistant - Equity and Inclusion - ID# 3107584
The MGH Office of Equity and Inclusion is hiring an Executive Assistant to provide support to the Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, as well as to the Administrative Director.
- Clinical Research Coordinator II - Health Decisions Sciences Center - ID# 3107612
The Health Decision Sciences Center is hiring a new Clinical Research Coordinator II. This is an exciting opportunity for an entry- to mid-level research assistant who is interested in working on shared decision making and patient-centered research projects. Interested candidates should apply online and can also send a cover letter and resume directly to the study team at: decisions@partners.org.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow - Medical Practice Evaluation Center - ID# 3112800
The Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) is seeking a highly-qualified, post-doctoral researcher with experience in field epidemiology and a career interest in global aging research to lead implementation of an innovative, multi-disciplinary, and NIH R01-funded research program focused on the effects of HIV on aging in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Listen to Dr. Efren Flores on the Podcast, ACS Research - TheoryLab: "A patient-centered approach to lung cancer patient care"
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As a clinician and researcher, Efren Flores, MD, is dedicated to helping everyone prevent and treat lung cancer, including among the most vulnerable populations. In this conversation, Dr. Flores talks about health equity and disparities, the barriers that patients face, and the importance of coordinated care. He also speaks eloquently about the stigma that some lung cancer patients have to deal with and how, “medical conditions don’t define people. Nobody is defined by cancer.” Dr. Flores is a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School, where he’s the Officer for Community Health and Equity. He’s also a member of the National Lung Cancer Roundtable, a coalition of leading professional, government, and non-governmental organizations working to accelerate the nation's efforts to reduce mortality from lung cancer.
About ACS Research - TheoryLab
American Cancer Society grantees discuss critical questions in cancer research. From prevention to treatment, from bench to bedside, from career development and mentoring to outreach and advocacy, leading experts share their thoughts about the most important issues in the field.
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Listen to Dr. Joshua Metlay on the Podcast, Infectious Diseases Society of America Guideline Update: "Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults"
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Joshua Metlay, MD, PhD, is the Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
This episode discusses the "Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia - An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America," 2019, co-authored by Dr. Metlay. Click here to access the new guideline.
About Infectious Diseases Society of America Guideline Update
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of IDSA guidelines. For details of the guidelines, please visit www.idsociety.org. Hosted by Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.
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Coffee with Dr. Joseph Betancourt, MGH Vice President & Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
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Thursday, December 19
8:30 am - 9:30 am
North Garden Room (across from Eat Street Cafe)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Join Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer of Massachusetts General Hospital, as he hosts a series of coffee chats that aim to engage the MGH community in lively discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Stop by to ask your questions, share ideas, and network with others. Dr. Betancourt can answer questions in English and Spanish. Your input will help shape this important work in the years ahead.
Please note: This event is for MGH employees only.
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Stand Against Racism: Dr. Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility
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Monday, February 10, 2020
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Simches Research Center, Room 3.110
185 Cambridge Street
Join us for the livestreamed presentation and a facilitated discussion on white fragility at Massachusetts General Hospital (Note: live stream is for MGH employees only). Dr. DiAngelo received her PhD in Multicultural Education from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she is currently an Affiliate Associate Professor of Education. She has taught courses in Multicultural Teaching, Inter-group Dialogue Facilitation, Cultural Diversity & Social Justice, and Anti-Racist Education. Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives.
Dr. DiAngelo is a two-time winner of the Student’s Choice Award for Educator of the Year at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. She has numerous publications and books, including Is Everybody Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Critical Social Justice Education, which received both the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award (2012) and the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2018). In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article, which influenced the national dialogue on race. Dr. DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism, was released in June 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Seating for this event is limited and registration is required. To register, please use the link below.
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Call for Applications: MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion 2020 Summer Research Trainee Program
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The MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion is now accepting applications for the 2020 Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP), which will be held from June 15 to August 8. Each summer, twenty students are selected from a nationwide competition to join SRTP. Students are assigned to a specific MGH laboratory, clinical site, health policy, or health services research area in which they undertake an original research project under the mentorship and guidance of an MGH investigator. Assignments are carefully considered with the student's research and career interests in mind. Students are also exposed to group mentorship, career workshops, research seminars, and networking and social events with the CDI community. The program culminates with student presentations of their research projects to the MGH research community; students receive feedback from a panel of research faculty.
The application deadline is Friday, January 17, 2020.
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